John Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

✍ Scribed by Karoline M. Lewis

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Series: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Karoline Lewis draws together the strengths of two exegetical approaches to the Gospel of John in this volume of the Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries series. Lewis takes a broad thematic approach to the Gospel while at the same time giving exegetical and homiletical insights about individual pericopes. With attention to both liturgical interpretation and exegetical analysis, Lewis provides a unique preaching resource that will build biblical literacy by assisting both preachers and listeners in understanding John's Gospel as a whole, not just a collection of vaguely related stories. Those who peruse these pages will discover anew how John's story of Jesus shapes and gives worth to being a disciple for the sake of the world God loves. In other words, the intent of this commentary is to invite the reader into an encounter with the Jesus of John's Gospel. Such an encounter witnesses to how an experience of the Jesus of John actually matters. Readers, preachers, and their parishioners will have a deeper appreciation of the book's unique interpretation of the Christ event and how that influences their approach to living the Christian faith in today's world.

Karoline Lewis is associate professor of biblical preaching and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Homiletics at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is author of Rereading the "Shepherd Discourse": Restoring the Integrity of John 9:39-10:21 (2008) and the introduction and study notes for the Gospel of John in the Lutheran Study Bible (Augsburg Fortress, 2009) and co-author of New Proclamation: Year B, 2009, Easter through Christ the King (Fortress Press, 2009). She is a contributing writer to WorkingPreacher.org and co-host of the site's weekly podcast, "Sermon Brainwave."

✦ Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
Preface xiii
Index of Passages from the Book of John in the Revised
Common Lectionary
xvii
Introduction 1
The Prologue
A Summary of the Fourth Gospel (John 1:1-18)
1. 13
The Calling of the Disciples, the First Sign, and the Temple
Incident (John 1:19—2:25)
2. 27
3. A Tale of Two Disciples and the Second Sign (John 3–4) 45
The Healing of the Man Ill for Thirty-Eight Years and Jesus as
the Bread of Life (John 5–6)
4. 75
5. Conflict with the World (John 7–8) 105
The Healing of the Man Born Blind and Jesus as Door and
Shepherd (John 9–10)
6. 123
The Raising of Lazarus, the Anointing, and the Last Public
Discourse (John 11–12)
7. 151
The Foot Washing, the Last Meal, and the Farewell Discourse
(John 13–17)
8. 177
9. The Passion Narrative (John 18–19) 215
10. The Resurrection Appearances (John 20–21) 237
Suggestions for Further Reading 263